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LOS ANGELES (AFP) - California city Oakland has approved draft legislation moving it a step closer to legalizing the large-scale production of medical marijuana, a city council clerk said on Wednesday.Published 10 days, 1 hour, 31 minutes ago |
MADRID (AFP) - Hiding out under a beach umbrella may offer you far less protection from the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation than you expect, according to a new study by Spanish researchers.Published 10 days, 2 hours, 19 minutes ago |
VIENNA (AFP) - A "Robin Hood" tax of just a fraction of a percent on financial transactions could smash the funding crisis gripping the war on AIDS, activists said at the world AIDS forum here on Wednesday.Published 10 days, 2 hours, 41 minutes ago |
VIENNA (AFP) - Representatives of major religions called Wednesday for a "pragmatic approach" to the fight against AIDS and greater involvement by faith communities.Published 10 days, 4 hours, 10 minutes ago |
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Despite proven links to cancer, a ban in the European Union and restrictions in the United States, industry lobbyists have ensured that asbestos is still selling like hotcakes in the developing world, a report said Wednesday.Published 10 days, 4 hours, 14 minutes ago |
ROME (AFP) - A 42-year-old Italian woman was reported as the second ever case of madcow disease in humans in the country and is currently hospitalised in desperate conditions, the ANSA news agency said Wednesday.Published 10 days, 4 hours, 16 minutes ago |
BLANTYRE (AFP) - An outbreak of measles has killed 166 people in Malawi since January, a senior health official told AFP on Wednesday, calling it the worst outbreak in a decade.Published 10 days, 5 hours, 8 minutes ago |
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Poor hygiene led to the deaths of six newborn babies at a Johannesburg hospital in May, a health department investigation found Wednesday.Published 10 days, 5 hours, 10 minutes ago |
VIENNA (AFP) - Scientists at the world AIDS conference have discussed an idea that had become almost taboo.Published 10 days, 6 hours, 35 minutes ago |
VIENNA (AFP) - Laws criminalizing gay sex in many countries in the Asia-Pacific region is pushing infection rates of HIV and AIDS to "alarming" levels, the United Nations Development Programme said Wednesday.Published 10 days, 8 hours, 37 minutes ago |
